Mindful Eating

Are you surprised that you constantly struggle with your dieting? You want to lose weight, you restrict your calorie intake but sooner or later you quit? Did you ever have the idea that it might not be your fault? Diets try to solve symptoms of a problem which can't be solved with diet. Myth: Diets … Continue reading Why Diets are not the Solution for your Problem.

Food is supposed to nourish our body and mind. Besides that, it provides great pleasure and is an important part of our social life. This sounds so easy. But why do we struggle so much with the basics of feeding our body and mind?

Since decades we are caught in a diet mentality so deeply, that we often don’t even recognize it anymore. We heard and read repeatedly that we are supposed to diet and to lose weight. It became a part of how we think.

Our search for solutions to lose weight is mostly focused on small details: We are tracking single nutrients but forget the greater picture: Nutrition is and always was part of our society, culture and psychology. Mindfulness can be a great tool to lose weight successfully, while taking care of the frame conditions of our busy lives as well as considering the deeper meaning of eating in our society.